War Poems 1914-1918
Poems of the Great War. From the City Choir of Washington's Armistice Day Centennial Concert program book, November 11, 2018.
Poems of the Great War.
From the City Choir of Washington's Armistice Day Centennial Concert program book, November 11, 2018.
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Everyone Sang
by Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
Everyone suddenly burst out singing;
And I was filled with such delight
As prisoned birds must find in freedom,
Winging wildly across the white
Orchards and dark-green fields; on-on-and out of sight.
Everyone's voice was suddenly lifted;
And beauty came like the setting sun:
My heart was shaken with tears; and horror
Drifted away ... O, but Everyone
Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will
never be done.
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